What is a team to do when its best pitcher is also its best run producer?
The answer is to have him swing the bat as often as possible — even if the pitcher is 22-year-old Shohei Otani and has a record-setting 163-kph fastball. That, in a nutshell, is why Japan’s fastest pitcher is not pitching even when he’s fit and ready to go.
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